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AXEL A. STROW, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STROBI MANUFACTUR- INGCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAI LWAY=RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,658, dated April 1,1902.

Application filed August 2l, 1901. Serial No. 72,740. (No model.)

To al?, whom, it may concern: ments and have illustrated them in the ac-Be 1t known that I, AXEL A. STROM, a citicompanying drawings, inwhichzen of the United States, residing at Austin,` Figure l isa planview of a railway-rail joint in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan 5 have inventedcertain new and useful Imview of one of the rail ends.. Fig. 3 isa plan55 provemcnts in RailwayRail Joints; and I do view of the other railend. Fig. et is an endeclare the following to be a f ull, clear, andlarged cross-sectional View on line 4: of Fig. l. exact description ofthe invention, such as Referring to the drawings byletter, AB dewillenable others skilled in the art to which note therails, each having anupper tread por- ID it appertains to make and use the same, reftion orhead, a base, and an intermediate web. 6o erence being had to theaccompanying draw- The rail Ahas its end portion a bent to a deings, andto the letters of reference marked sired angle outwardly with referenceto the thereon, which form a part of this specifica inner side of therail when in the track, and tion. the inner side of the bent end a iscut away t 5 In my Patent No. 617,059, dated January 3, to provide arecess ct and a shoulder a2, which 65 1899, I have shown, described, andclaimed a latter may be approximately at a right angle railway-railjoint comprised of an outwardlyto the side of the rail, as shown. Theend bent rail and secured in overlapping relation portion l) of the railB is beveled at its outer to the beveled end of another rail, wherebyside h and terminates in a blunt or squared the tread of the rails ispractically continnend b2. In practice the beveled side h of the 7o ous.In the patented construction the end of rail B contacts throughout itslength with the the beveled rail is sharply pointed and has wall of therecess a and the blunt or squared side contact with the bent rail endfrom the end I) abuts against the shoulder d'2, whereby point ofcommencement of said bend, thus shearing action on the securing-bolts cc by bringing the inner sides of the jointed rails expansion of therails is prevented. rIhe in- 75 in alineinent and permitting endwisemovener sides of the rails, which are engaged by ment of the railsthrough expansion by heat. the inside flanges of wheels, are inalinement,

My presentinvention is directed toim proveand preferably the base orfoot of the rail I5 ments on the patented rail-joint, one feature restson and is supported by the base or foot 3o of the improvementsconsisting of a recess in of the rail A. 8o the inner side of the bentrail end providing The outer side of the bent end a of the rail ashoulder and receiving the beveled portion A is at an angle to the outerside of the tread of the other rail, the end of thelatter rail beportionof the rails, and were it not for the ing formed to engage the shoulder,and thereprovision of the recess in the top of said bent by to relievethe securing-bolts of the shearend, presentlytobe described, the extraor ont- 8 5 ing action to which they would otherwise be side fiange ontreadworn or guttered wheels subjected in the expansion of the rails.would in climbing the end a subject the joint Another and perhaps themore important to such a jar and strain as would tend to loosen featureof my present invention consists of a it, orfailing to climb said endthe extra iange 4o recess in the tread portion or top of the bent would,by engaging the inclined side thereof, 9o rail end, which recessaccommodates what is derail the car or cause the rails to become ,iknown as the extra or outside flange on loosened from the ties andspread apart. To treadworn or guttered7 wheels, and thereby avoid thisdifficulty and the accidents which relieves the rail-joint of strainwhich would may be occasioned thereby, there is provided tend to loosenit and prevent derailments, in the top of the rail end a, beyond theouter 95 which otherwise might occur through the enside line of therails, a recess a3, the depth of gagement of the extra iauge with theouter which is sufficient to enable the extra flange side of the bentrail end. to ride thereover without engagement. This In the followingdescription I have set forth provision insures absolute safetyAregardless l 5o in detail the nature of my present improveof gutteredwheels, and owing to the lapping son of the rail ends the Wheels willpass over the the outerside line of the rail iout away, a bevjointwithout jarand danger of derailment or eled rail end fitting the recessand having a spreading. shouldered end engaging the shoulder of the Ihave in the drawings shown the rails A other rail end, and devices forsecuring the I5 5 and B of equal size. Obviously the rail A rail endstogether.

maybe ot' larger size than the rail B, as illus- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature .trated in my patent above referred to. in presenceof two witnesses.

I claim as my invention- AXEL A. STROM. A rail-joint comprising a bentrail end hav- Witnesses: 1o ingr at its inner side a recess terminatingin a 'D. W. LEE,

shoulder and having its tread portion beyond L. HEISLAR.

